[1][2] Initially opened to provide kidney care services to Sri Lankan patients, Western Hospital has now diversified to providing general health care services, and is one of the many private hospitals in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
As of December 2022, the hospital is currently accused of involvement in duping organ donors into donating their kidneys.
[1] It was founded by Prof Rezvi Sheriff, a renowned nephrologist in Sri Lanka who set up the first kidney transplant program in the island in October 1985.
Western Hospital has 2 wards and 4 special units for inpatient services with approximately 25 beds.
[1] Western Hospital provides haemodialysis services and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis services, as well as kidney transplants in Sri Lanka, which are ratified by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.